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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that appropriates $84.7 billion for fiscal year 1997 to the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and a number of other departments and programs.

Highlights:

$37.33 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $19.9 billion for compensation and pension and $17.32 billion for veteran's health care.

$19.42 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

$13.59 billion for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).